Education excursions (185)

Aboriginal customs and practices is a Stage 2 (Years 3-4) school excursion in Kosciuszko National Park which focuses on HSIE. Discover the secrets of the didgeridoo, use clapsticks and play along with a yidaki. Try your hand at tool or jewellery making, and learn about collecting and using materials from the environment.

Bush tucker is a Stage 3 (Years 5-6) school excursion in Bongil Bongil National Park which focuses on HSIE. Join our Aboriginal Discovery rangers for an easy walk along the forested banks of Bonville Creek, to investigate the rich diversity of plants and animals in this park.

Going up the mountain is a school excursion in Kosckiuszko National Park for Stage 6 (Years 11-12) students focusing on geography as a KLA. Students will observe, record and compare the geology, soil, weather, native plants, animals and human use of the montane, sub-alpine and alpine ecosystems.

Investigating rainforests is a school excursion in Budderoo National Park for Stage 3 (Years 5-6) students focusing on HSIE. Experience a true rainforest with buttressed trees, strangler figs, hanging vines, epiphytic orchids and ferns and learn about the animals and other living things that depend on the forest.

Kosciuszko gameshow is a school excursion in Kosciuszko National Park for Stage 3 (Years 5-6) students focusing on HSIE as a KLA. Students will gather clues about the natural and cultural heritage of the Snowy Mountains from the displays in Kosciuszko Education Centre and use this information to compete as teams in a television-style game show.

Living Country, living culture is a Stage 2 (Years 3-4) school excursion in Blue Mountains National Park, focusing on HSIE. Understand and appreciate traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture with Aboriginal Discovery rangers.

Meeting of cultures is a Stage 2 (Years 3-4) school excursion in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, focusing on HSIE. You'll explore the area near Kurnell, where in 1770 local Aboriginal people encountered the crew of the British ship, the Endeavour.

Protecting landscapes Minnamurra rainforest is a school excursion in Budderoo National Park for Stage 4 (Years 7-8) high school students focusing on geography. Explore and investigate what makes a rainforest special and the connections to other rainforest, environments and people.

Rainforest explorer is a Stage 3 (Years 5-6) school excursion in Royal National Park, focusing on HSIE as a KLA. You'll visit a rainforest pocket in the southern end of Australia's oldest national park, where temperate and subtropical rainforests are found. Students will investigate the plants, animals and landscape of the park.

Rainforest interactions is a Stage 6 (Years 11-12) school excursion in Budderoo National Park which focuses on geography as a KLA. You'll undertake a geographical investigation of biophysical processes and their interactions at Minnamurra Rainforest. Students learn how an understanding of these factors is needed for sustainable management.

Stage

Stage 6 (Years 11-12)

KLA

Geography

When

Weekdays during school terms. Different length programs are available on consultation.